Economic Cooperation Organization ECO, Iran

1. Introduction to the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO): Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
2. ECO Organizational Structure
3. Objectives and activities of ECO
4. Regional Institutions
   1. Shipping Company of the Economic Cooperation Organization
   2. Chamber of Commerce and Industry
5. ECOTA Trade Agreement
6. Partial Scope Agreement of ECO: Iran, Pakistan and Turkey
7. International Trade and Development Bank
8. Directorate of Foreign Trade and Investment
9. International Relations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation (ECO)

The educational aims of the Subject “Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)” are:

1. To understand the purposes and activities of ECO
2. To assess the benefits for ECO member countries (ECOTA trade agreement) and cooperation areas
3. To learn about regional institutions of the Economic Cooperation Organization
4. To analyze international relations of the Economic Cooperation Organization

The Subject “Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate: World Trade.

Languages: or Organización para la Cooperación Económica Organization de coopération économique.

Credits of the Subject “Economic Cooperation Organization”: 1

Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).

In 1955, Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey founded the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).

1. Observers: Turkish Cypriot State, Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States, International Energy Charter

The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) is, therefore, a predominantly a Muslim economic organization.

One of the main goals of ECO is to promote International Trade within the region and the rest of the World based on the principle of free trade. Several projects has been implemented:

1. Regional Trade liberalization
2. International Trade Facilitation
3. Cooperation with other international bodies

The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) region is geographically immense and well gifted with potential economic resources (agriculture, arable land, energy, mining, and human resources).

1. Population of the Economic Cooperation Organization: 400 million people, (6% of the world's population)
2. The Economic Cooperation Organization is a huge strategic trade region
3. Total trade share of the countries of ECO in the global trade: 2%
4. Intra-export ratio in the region reached 6%

ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization) economies are implementing reforms to create the favorable conditions for Foreign Direct Investment attracting: legislation optimization related to Foreign Direct Investment, privatization of the state-owned enterprises, and liberalization of Foreign Direct Investment flows.

The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) belongs to the Central Eurasian Economic Area (Islamic Civilization).

The ECO Chamber of Commerce and Industry was founded in 1990 by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey, Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines, and Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

The Economic Cooperation Organization Trade and Development Bank is a multilateral development Bank established in 2005 by Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey.

Silk Road (China-Europe).

1. Almaty-Bishkek Logistics Corridor
2. China-Pakistan Logistics Corridor
3. China-Central-West Asia Logistics Corridor
4. Corridor of the Ashgabat Agreement
5. Asia-Africa Logistics Corridor
6. India-Afghanistan Logistics Corridor
7. Afghanistan-Turkey Logistics Corridor
8. North-South Corridor (India-Russia)
9. Trans-Caspian Logistics Corridor
10. Kyrgyzstan-Iran Logistics Corridor
11. Islamabad-Istanbul Logistics Corridor